For his third go-around in court since taking the City’s top job, Mayor Rob Ford may be facing his predecessor in the chambers. Former mayor David Miller, along with at least half a dozen other Torontonians, has been summoned to appear as a witness in a libel case brought against Mayor Rob Ford by the operator of the Boardwalk Pub in the Beaches. The owner of the pub, George Foulidis, argues that he was defamed by Mayor Ford after allegations that his lease deal with the City was a sign of civic corruption. In addition to Miller (and Mayor Ford himself), Deputy Mayor Doug Holyday, Newstalk 1010 radio hosts Jerry Agar and John Tory, Council Speaker Frances Nunziata, former Beaches councillor Sandra Bussin, Toronto Sun reporter Jonathan Jenkins, and Sun columnist Sue-Ann Levy are all believed to be on the witness list.

Toronto District School Board teachers will join their colleagues across Ontario in job action starting this morning, after talks with the provincial government failed. Teachers and support staff will continue to come to work (sorry, kids!), but will be taking selective strike action that will affect administrative duties. Teachers are being asked not to fill in for absent colleagues, take part in provincial standardized tests, or talk to parents after hours, and they may make only limited comments on students’ report cards. The teachers are protesting in response to Bill 115, which has frozen the wages of public school teachers and support staff, and stripped them of their collective bargaining rights. The unions have launched a legal challenge, arguing the law is unconstitutional.

One more candidate has thrown his hat in the Ontario Liberal leadership ring. Former Ontario education minister Gerard Kennedy announced his bid this morning, making him the fifth person vying for the job. Kennedy joins former MPP Sandra Pupatello and MPPs Glen Murray, Charles Sousa, and Kathleen Wynne in the race to replace outgoing Premier Dalton McGuinty.

If you’ve been enjoying November’s mild weather, maybe it’s best you just skip over this section and remain blissfully ignorant about what the horrible, hot future holds. According to a study by the Toronto Environment Office, the number of above-30C days is going to jump from about 22 on average annually to 66 over the next 30 years. The research also forecasts five times as many heat waves in the average summer and warns that the days when the humidex hits 40C or higher will increase from nine a year to 39 on average. At least we know our modern and reliable sewers, roads, and public transit will hold up. Oh, wait, no, no they won’t.